The mansion is now a private residence you can rent for special occasions. From 1923-1983 it was the site of Soulé Business College. Buckner.īuckner Mansion used to be a school, too, although it wasn’t for witches. The real house is in the historic Garden District of New Orleans and was built in 1856 by cotton magnate Henry S. The Real Buckner Mansion: 1410 Jackson Ave in New Orleans Definitely not someone you want to cross! Jessica Lange plays Fiona Goode, the Coven’s “Supreme,” who is the head of the Coven. She tries to guide young witches Zoe (Taissa Farmiga), Madison (Emma Roberts), Queenie (Gabourey Sidibe), and Nan (Jamie Brewer). Sarah Paulson plays Cordelia, Headmistress of Miss Robichaux’s Academy, who’s a master at potion work. Not sure I’d want to eat any food served off that “kitchen island.” 😉 Upstairs hallway with the girls’ bedrooms: They built a working staircase with a real second floor for the “Coven” sets. I started pulling research (of) interiors that had a lot of white walls, white floor, lighter tones with darker furniture, creating contrast. So we came down to New Orleans and the idea was to find an old antebellum mansion in the Garden District, a Greco-Roman revival, which starts from a base of being lighter. We knew we wanted the rooms to be light in tone. Production Designer Mark Worthington says: Set decorator Ellen Brill says, “You can really see blood on white!” That’s the idea that dictated how the rooms should look. Ryan Murphy says, “Last year was so dark and grim and hard and I loved it, but this year was designed to be more, I think, fun. The exteriors were filmed at Buckner Mansion, but the interiors were created on an 8,000-sq-ft soundstage. Let’s take a look at both the real and onscreen versions… Miss Robichaux’s Academy on “American Horror Story: Coven” In real life, it’s a three-story, 20,000-square-foot landmark in New Orleans from the 1850s called Buckner Mansion. On the FX series “ American Horror Story: Coven,” this grand old house is known as “Miss Robichaux’s Academy for Exceptional Young Ladies” (aka witches).

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